Declamation On-Line Resources: A Cut to the Chase

Has your Declamation piece search left you drained? After a week of exhausting the library, raiding the team's archives, and asking EVERYONE for a suggestion, are you nearing giving up on speeches? A computer sits in front of you, but the prospect of mindless searching is unappealing. It does not have to be mindless. There are ways to improve the odds of finding valuable websites to browse through (see here: http://www.forensicscommunity.com/declamation/declamation-internet-searc...). Or, you can cut to the chase.

If you have found yourself tired and in desperate need of websites that contain transcripts for handfuls of speeches you are in luck. The Forensics Community has done some searching to locate sites that hold transcripts to endless amounts of pieces. Your Declamation could be a link away.

TED. Public speakers, entertainers, scientists, political analysts, and intellectuals from around the globe deliver speeches about pretty much ANY topic you can image. There are literally hundreds of free, inspiring, informative speeches available. http://www.ted.com/

Vital Speeches of the Day. This site's purpose is to showcase well-done, strong pieces of rhetoric from leaders in fields such as politics, business, education, etc. While they feature speeches, to get full access to their resources you will have to subscribe to their membership. http://www.vsotd.com/Index.php